title: Expected-utility perspectives on defensive testing. Torts, tradeoffs, and thresholds--is defensive medicine defensible?
authors.affiliation: New England Medical Center and Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA.
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Pauker
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Pauker
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D003675:Defensive Medicine; D003955:Diagnostic Tests, Routine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'